Sometimes as part of the setting, sometimes as the main subject itself, chairs have been painted or used in sculptures and art installation all through the history of art.

Here 10+ examples of chairs in art:

1. Diego Velázquez, Prince Felipe Prospero, 1659

Diego Velázquez, Prince Felipe Prospero, 1659 – ©Public Domain

2. William Hogarth, Marriage à la mode, The tête à tête, 1743

William Hogarth, The Tete a Tete, 1743 – ©Public Domain

3. Adolph Menzel, Balcony Room, 1845

Adolph Menzel, Balcony Room, 1845 – ©Public Domain

4. Edgar Degas, Le Fauteuil (The armchair), 1860

Edgar Degas, The armchair, 1860 – ©Public Domain

5. Jean Frédéric Bazille, The Artist’s Studio, 1870

Jean Frédéric Bazille, The Artist’s Studio, 1870 – ©Public Domain

6. James Tissot, The Shop Girl, 1883-85

James Tissot, The Shop Girl, 1883-85 – ©Public Domain

7. Vincent van Gogh, Vincent’s Chair with a Pipe, 1888

Vincent van Gogh, Vincent’s Chair with a Pipe, 1888 – ©Public Domain

8. Édouard Vuillard, Interior, 1904

Édouard Vuillard, Interior, 1904 – ©Public Domain

9. August Macke, Türkisches Café, 1914

August Macke, Türkisches Café, 1914 – ©Public Domain

10. Ai Weiwei, Installation of chairs, 2010

Ai Weiwei, Installation of Chairs, 2010 – ©Public Domain

And many more, for example:

Edouard Vuillard, Misia on a Chaise Longue, c. 1900

Edouard Vuillard, Annette Roussel with a broken chair, c. 1900

Marc Chagall, Small Drawing Room, 1908

Pierre Bonnard, Interior, 1913

Henri Matisse, The Lorrain Chair, 1919

René Magritte, La Legende des Siecles, c. 1952

Günther Uecker, Stuhl II, 1963

Joseph Beuys, Fat Chair, 1964

Tracey Emin, There’s Alot of Money in Chairs, 1994

Donald Lipski, The Yearling, 1997

Marina Abramovic, Chair for the Spirit Chair for Man, 1998

Doris Salcedo, Chair Installation in Istanbul, 2003

Janis Kounellis, Senza titolo, 2006

see also: Chairs in Art